This is just what we do.

You brush your teeth, you take your kids to school, do your job, your community involvement,

and a part of all of it is engaging, is talking to people about issues and your values,

and that this is just like, this is what the cool moms do.

We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast for red, wine, and blue.

Hi, everyone, and thanks for listening to the suburban women problem.

I'm Rachel Vindman and you've

probably noticed that we're doing the podcast a little differently this month. My co-host and I have

been taking turns going deep on what we have learned from the midterms. Jasmine talked to Jess

McIntosh about the Georgia runoff. I talked to Victor Shee about the youth vote and Amanda chatted with her husband Casey

about running for office. So today we're wrapping up with red wine and blue. I'm joined by Katie

Paris, the founder of Red Wine and Blue and Renee Seckle, our deputy program director in North Carolina.

Welcome back to the pod ladies ladies. Woo-hoo.

So glad to be here for the Redhead exclusive event.

I know.

Yeah.

I mean, we like to think that we include everyone, but not today.

So thank you both for letting me be part of this experience, I think, for the midterms. I got to see both of you when I did my tour. I was at Renee's house, actually, recorded a pod there. She hosted an event. It was just

really special in North Carolina because you guys, you guys have some work to do in North Carolina,

but you're putting the time in. You're doing the work. And that was really inspiring to me. So let's, let's take a broad view. I think Katie,

we'll go to you first. How was election night for you? Were you surprised about how well things

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